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DC Pastor Used $1.5 Million PPP Loan to Buy 39 Luxury Cars
A Washington D.C. pastor faces 20 years in prison for fraudulently obtaining $1.5 million from the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
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NC woman went on shopping spree with $150K coronavirus relief loan
A North Carolina woman allegedly went on a shopping spree with nearly $150,000 she illegally obtained
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Woman, 63, scammed out of $100K by Bruno Mars imposter
A woman who believed she was communicating with pop singer Bruno Mars via text messages was scammed out $100,000
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Defense Lawyers Bail On Instagram Scammer Hushpuppi
U.S. defense lawyers representing Nigerian scammer Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, applied to withdraw from his case
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Pretty Ricky rapper Baby Blue accused of scamming $24M in PPP loans
A member of the hip-hop group Pretty Ricky was arrested and charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy
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Tennessee State Senator Charged with Embezzling $600K
A Tennessee state senator has been charged with theft and embezzlement of over $600,000 in federal funds